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Why Has Andreessen Horowitz Raised $2.7B in 3 Years? … Since Marc and I founded Andreessen Horowitz three years ago, we have raised $2.7 billion. That statement begs a few questions. The two most obvious are: — Why did such a new venture capital firm raise so much money?

Andreessen Horowitz Closes $1.5 Billion New Fund — Last week, we heard from Evelyn Rusli at the New York Times that Andreessen Horowitz was in the process of raising $1.5 billion for the venture firm. Today, partner Ben Horowitz has confirmed that the fund has closed …

Facebook's Sandberg in Spotlight En Route to IPO — Facebook Inc.'s Sheryl Sandberg recently threw a fundraiser for President Obama, dining with Lady Gaga and the president himself. Last week, she was a highly visible co-chair of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

Changing our privacy policies, not our privacy controls — Last week we heard from members of Congress about Google's plans to update our privacy policies by consolidating them into a single document on March 1. Protecting people's privacy is something we think about all day across the company …

Who is Apple's new retail boss, and what will he do? — Tim Cook has made his first major appointment since taking the reins at Apple, bringing in the head of British technology retailer Dixons, John Browett. He comes in to fill the gap left by the departure of Ron Johnson …

Antitrust: Commission opens proceedings against Samsung — The European Commission has opened a formal investigation to assess whether Samsung Electronics has abusively, and in contravention of a commitment it gave to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) …

Thousands Line Up For Foxconn's Jobs in Zhengzhou (video) — On the 30th of January, thousands of hopefuls stood for hours outside a labour agency located in the Chinese city of Zhengzhou. The lines stretched more than 200 meters along the road, and the people who were waiting in line …

Amazon S3 Reports Staggering Growth in 2011 — Amazon Web Services just reported jaw-dropping growth in the number of objects stored in Amazon S3 year over year. — “As of the end of 2011, there are 762 billion (762,000,000,000) objects in Amazon S3. We process over 500,000 requests per second …

Obama and Romney Campaigns Adopt Square for Funding — Social media was the game-changing technology that altered the course of the 2008 presidential election.In 2012, mobile payments could be the transformational technology, as millions of political supporters are given the ability to collect money on smartphones for candidates.

The Coming Tech-led Boom — Three breakthroughs are poised to transform this century as much as telephony and electricity did the last. — In January 1912, the United States emerged from a two-year recession. Nineteen more followed—along with a century of phenomenal economic growth.

Mexicans overcharged billions for phone, web: study — (Reuters) - Mexicans have been overcharged $13.4 billion a year for phone and internet services as the industry dominated by billionaire Carlos Slim gouges customers and keeps the economy from growing, a study released on Monday said.

Twitter CEO Says Board Changes “Not Some Ninja Move” — Dick Costolo on Monday rejected the idea that the reshaping of his company's board was a bold move to reduce the power of existing investors. — Speaking at the D: Dive Into Media conference, the Twitter CEO said the changes to the board …

Twitter Upgrades Will Include Analytical Tools — Twitter will unveil a series of new tools in the next few months, including sophisticated analytical tools, according to Erica Anderson, Twitter's manager for news and journalism. — Anderson said the analytical tools will better help publishers track …